Inspissated
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of inspissate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Thickened or dried by evaporation.
- 2 Concentrated or accentuated. figuratively
"Fresh from the furnace glare, I can see nothing in this inspissated gloom. (James Bridie pseudonym Osborne Henry Mavor, A Change for the Worse, 1943)"
Example
More examples"Fresh from the furnace glare, I can see nothing in this inspissated gloom. (James Bridie pseudonym Osborne Henry Mavor, A Change for the Worse, 1943)"
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